Takes the’ 70s in Mexico CITY. Two young writers try to live the literature in a city in which everything important seems to happen in that fleeting moment that separates night from day. the the spirit of science fiction is a story that Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003) wrote at the beginning of the decade of the 80′. Manuscript that for the first time shall be published, as part of the Library Roberto Bolaño editorial Alfaguara, which in September re-released two of his most emblematic works: detectives wild and 2666, the latter published for the first time after the author’s death, in the year 2004.
This new posthumous work of Bolaño mixture of the features of the realist literature with the other character fantastic, in the description of the dreams of one of the protagonists. In addition, it can be read as a kind of prehistory of the protagonists of The detectives wild, a masterpiece of the author with which he was consecrated by winning prestigious awards such as the Herralde Award in 1998 and the Rómulo Gallegos in 1999.
In the spirit of science fiction tells of the years of training in poetry, of initiation to sex and incipient investigations detective; in this case, not after the whereabouts of the elusive and mysterious writer c-section Tinajero, but in search of the origin or the why of the boiling literary CITY in the mid-seventies, which was manifested in the existence of countless poetry workshops and, above all, in the circulation of several hundreds (more than 600 in a single year, show the protagonists of this novel) of publications of poetry, including magazines, fanzines and folios marginal.
A few days of the work see the light for the first time in Mexico, in Chile, as in the rest of the countries of Latin america, the editorial Alfaguara released the following preview:
First pages the spirit of science fiction
—can I interview you?
—Yes, but that is short-lived.
—do you Already know that you the author’s youngest-ever won this award?
—really?
—I Just spoke with one of the organizers. Gave Me the impression that they were deeply touched.
—I don’t know what to tell you… it Is a honor… I feel very happy.
—All the world seems happy. What has drunk to you?
—Tequila.
—I, vodka. The vodka is a drink strange, don’t you think? There are not many women take. Pure Vodka.
—I don’t know why they drink the women.
—¿Ah, no? In the end, just the same, it is the drink of the women is always secret. I am referring to the authentic. The bebercio infinite. But let’s not talk about that. Makes a night very clear, isn’t it? From here you can see the towns and more distant, the more distant stars.
—Is an optical effect, miss. If you look carefully you will notice that the windows are clouded ov er in a way very curious. Exit to the terrace, I think that we are right in the middle of the forest. Practically we can only see branches of trees.
—Then those stars are paper, of course. And what about the lights of the towns?
—Sand phosphorescent.
—What ready is you. Please, tell me about your work. Of you and of your work.
—I’m a little nervous, you know? All those people there singing and dancing non-stop, I don’t know…
—you do Not like the party?
—I Think that the whole world is drunk.
—Are the winners and finalists of all previous awards.
—holy God.
—Are celebrating the end of another contest. It is…natural.
During the International Book Fair of Guadalajara, which begins at the end of November, there will be a tribute to Bolaño in that will be launched this unpublished novel.
So shall the cover of the spirit of science fiction
In the meantime, in the International Book Fair of Santiago, next Sunday 6th November there will be a public reading of the spirit of science fiction. Alfredo Lewin, Ana Tijoux, Humberto Sichel, Jorge Baradit, Loreto Aravena, Natalia Valdebenito and Nona Fernández, among others, will meet in the sala Acario Cotapos at 17:30 hours to read fragments of the work.
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